> If you can write the functionality you crave rapidly, do it. Let's take the example of someone who wrote their own Perl ORM and Object Model then. > You'll

> If you can write the functionality you crave rapidly, do it. Let's take the example of someone who wrote their own Perl ORM and Object Model then. > You'll save yourself (and others) headaches in the future. Or it'll hamper development on the system when you leave because nothing works how people expect, it's too complex for people to pick up and modify, and trying to do anything with it causes the entire structure to creak because it's EVERYWHERE.